Better Combat View

Better Combat View

Better Combat View improves Minecraft's third-person camera for combat, exploration, and general gameplay.

Instead of using a fixed vanilla third-person view, the mod lets you customize the camera's distance, height, horizontal shoulder offset, zoom, field of view, viewing angle, and vertical movement smoothing.

The camera automatically handles nearby blocks so it moves closer to the player instead of clipping through walls.

Camera Calibration

Press F8 at any time in-game to open the camera calibration screen.

The same screen can also be opened from the pause menu.

Camera settings can be adjusted live while viewing your character in third person, making it easy to find a comfortable perspective without repeatedly editing configuration files.

You can adjust the camera's distance behind the player, vertical position, left or right shoulder offset, pitch, FOV, zoom level, and vertical movement lag.

Changes can be tested immediately and saved when you are satisfied with the result.

Smooth Movement

Better Combat View includes optional vertical camera smoothing.

When jumping, falling, or moving across uneven terrain, the camera can follow vertical movement more gradually instead of being rigidly attached to the player's position.

The smoothing amount can be adjusted or disabled through the calibration screen.

Large position changes such as teleports are handled immediately instead of slowly interpolating from the previous position.

Zoom Controls

The mod adds configurable key bindings for camera zoom in and zoom out.

Zoom changes the third-person camera distance without changing the configured FOV, allowing you to quickly move between a wider combat view and a closer character view.

The zoom level is limited to a safe configurable range and can also be adjusted directly from the calibration screen.

Melee Assist

Better Combat View includes an optional melee targeting assist designed for offset third-person cameras.

When your crosshair does not directly hit an entity, the mod can select a valid hostile or neutral mob within a 90-degree area in front of the player.

The assist does not increase your normal attack reach and does not target entities through blocks.

Targets outside your normal interaction range, targets behind you, invisible or obstructed targets, allied mobs, and your own tamed animals are ignored.

The system also slightly favors the previous target during repeated attacks to reduce unwanted target switching.

Hold Sneak while attacking to temporarily disable melee assist for precise manual targeting.

Melee assist can be completely enabled or disabled from the camera calibration screen.

Client Side

Better Combat View is a client-side camera mod. Its camera position, visual settings, zoom controls, and melee assistance are handled locally without changing normal server-side attack reach.